Question about IsGeneral

**Jaxal** · May 22, 2009, 07:51 PM

Hello

I am writing a trigger to promote a normal unit ( for example nubian archers ) to a general if the army he is commanding wins. This is what i tried:

Code:

Trigger HeroicBattleCommander_abc
    WhenToTest PostBattle

    Condition IsGeneral
          and WonBattle
      and FactionType egypt

    Affects GoodCommander 1 Chance 100
    Affects Disciplinarian  2  Chance  100
    Affects Military_Edu  1  Chance  100
    Affects NightBattleCapable  1  Chance  100

I added this to the edct.txt but it doesnt seem to work. So my question is, does the IsGeneral condition only apply to family members? if so, is there a way to promote normal unit generals to proper generals through this kind of trigger?

**Pnutmaster** · May 23, 2009, 01:44 AM

Originally Posted by Jaxal

I added this to the edct.txt but it doesnt seem to work. So my question is, does the IsGeneral condition only apply to family members?

It does not apply to captains.

if so, is there a way to promote normal unit generals to proper generals through this kind of trigger?

No :/ If only there were, eh?

**konny** · May 23, 2009, 04:50 AM

No, you cannot give captains any traits.

Code:

Trigger HeroicBattleCommander_abc
    WhenToTest PostBattle

    Condition IsGeneral
          and WonBattle
      and FactionType egypt

    Affects GoodCommander 1 Chance 100
    Affects Disciplinarian  2  Chance  100
    Affects Military_Edu  1  Chance  100
    Affects NightBattleCapable  1  Chance  100

Another thing: If you want this to fire for Egyptian FMs only you need to use CharFactionType, FactionType as character's condition is not recognized.

**Jaxal** · May 23, 2009, 01:13 PM

It does not apply to captains.

I hope they allow us to do this in the next series of TW games.

Cheers for the tip konny. I will implement this code for egyptian family members then but with more conditions.

Thanks for the help guys.

**Jaxal** · June 01, 2009, 09:32 AM

Hello again

I tried out a simple trigger to see if it works. this is what i have:

Code:

 Trigger StandardBattle_AnyVictory_MilitaryInclination_abc
    WhenToTest PostBattle

    Condition IsGeneral
      and FactionType egypt ( also used CharFactionType even tho i couldnt find it anywhere in the Stainless Steel edct.txt )
      and I_ConflictType Normal
    and WonBattle

    Affects GoodCommander  1  Chance  100
    Affects Noctophobia  1  Chance  100

All im trying to do is to give the commander, who is a family member ) +1 command point plus the noctophobia to make sure that it was my triggered that fired, but it does not seem to work. I started a new game after i added this to edct.txt but to no avail. Am i missing something or doing something wrong?

**Pnutmaster** · June 03, 2009, 03:40 PM

Originally Posted by Jaxal

Code:

 Trigger StandardBattle_AnyVictory_MilitaryInclination_abc
    WhenToTest PostBattle

    Condition IsGeneral
      and FactionType egypt ( also used CharFactionType even tho i couldnt find it anywhere in the Stainless Steel edct.txt )
      and I_ConflictType Normal
    and WonBattle

    Affects GoodCommander  1  Chance  100
    Affects Noctophobia  1  Chance  100

All im trying to do is to give the commander, who is a family member ) +1 command point plus the noctophobia to make sure that it was my triggered that fired, but it does not seem to work. I started a new game after i added this to edct.txt but to no avail. Am i missing something or doing something wrong?

What is the threshold for level 1 of the Traits GoodCommander and Noctophobia? Try...

Affects GoodCommander 10 Chance 100
Affects Noctophobia 3 Chance 100

**Squid** · June 01, 2009, 10:09 AM

Originally Posted by konny

No, you cannot give captains any traits.

Code:

Trigger HeroicBattleCommander_abc
    WhenToTest PostBattle

    Condition IsGeneral
          and WonBattle
      and FactionType egypt

    Affects GoodCommander 1 Chance 100
    Affects Disciplinarian  2  Chance  100
    Affects Military_Edu  1  Chance  100
    Affects NightBattleCapable  1  Chance  100

Another thing: If you want this to fire for Egyptian FMs only you need to use CharFactionType, FactionType as character's condition is not recognized.

That is incorrect, PostBattle exports faction, which means that FactionType is recognized, you'd need to use CharFactionType instead of FactionType if and only if the event did not export faction.

Originally Posted by Jaxal

Hello again

I tried out a simple trigger to see if it works. this is what i have:

Code:

 Trigger StandardBattle_AnyVictory_MilitaryInclination_abc
    WhenToTest PostBattle

    Condition IsGeneral
      and FactionType egypt ( also used CharFactionType even tho i couldnt find it anywhere in the Stainless Steel edct.txt )
      and I_ConflictType Normal
    and WonBattle

    Affects GoodCommander  1  Chance  100
    Affects Noctophobia  1  Chance  100

All im trying to do is to give the commander, who is a family member ) +1 command point plus the noctophobia to make sure that it was my triggered that fired, but it does not seem to work. I started a new game after i added this to edct.txt but to no avail. Am i missing something or doing something wrong?

I'm going to assume that you were using either a family member or a recruited general from the egyptian faction and that you won the battle, so are you sure the battle was a normal battle?

**Jaxal** · June 01, 2009, 10:31 AM

It was a land battle. To check if my trigger fired, i gathered the army from differnt cities, put them together under one family member, and just randomly attacked the nearest fation. it was on land, i didnt besiege the city or anything. just a normal battle where i am the attacker.

**alhoon** · June 07, 2009, 07:24 PM

I think there is a way for having generals in normal units. You just put the general_unit at the EDU, in the unit you want to support generals.

Note however that this way every such unit you recruit will be a general! ! ! ! I.e if you put this in the Nubian spearmen, every nubian spearmen unit will have a general!